Use the necessary froms of the verbs in brackets when we 1 (arrive) in london we were two hours late because our train 2 (hold up) by bad weather. outside the station it 3 (snow) hard and a lot of people (wait) for taxis. as we (be) about to join them a young man 6 (pull up) in his car and (ask) us where we 8 (want) to go. aithough it 9 (not/be) an official taxi, the car 10 (be) new and shiny and the young man looked respectable.

When we 1 (arrived) in London we were two hours late because our train 2 (had been held up) by bad weather. Outside the station it 3 (was snowing) hard and a lot of people 4 (were waiting) for taxis.
As we 5 (were) about to join them a young man 6 (pulled up) in his car and 7 (asked) us where we 8 (wanted) to go. Aithough it 9 (was not) an official taxi, the car 10 ___ (was) new and shiny and the young man looked respectable.